Loose-card bill holder



Patented Mar. 25, 1924.

Urrsn *sr A'T'ET LOOSE-CARD BILL HOLDER.

Application filed July 27,1922. Serial No. 577,912.

To uZZ whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, PERoY IVL'BAGHELDER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of lVorcester, in the county of WVorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Loose-Card Bill Holders, of which the following, is a specification.

It is the practice in some large business concerns to bill their charged customers once a month, retaining a carbon copy of each bill sent out. Each unpaid bill, asindicated by the carbon copy of the bill sent to the customer, is debited to the respective customer in a ledger. When the bill is paid the account is credited thus balancing the account. The ledger is usually a loose-leaf scheme, but notwithstanding the advantage of using a loose leaf ledger, there is the disadvantage of having to examine the paid or balanced accounts when drawing ofi a statement of the unpaid bills.

The main object of this invention is to provide a loose card bill holder adapted to receive and hold in an upright position the carbon copies of the bills sent out to customers, so that these bill holders with the bills therein may be arranged in a card inden box and constitute a ledger of unpaid accounts. The bill holder is preferably formed with an opening arranged in the manner of the opening in the so-called Window envelope','so that the name and address of the customerwritten on the bill will be visible on the face of the bill holder with out the necessity of making any entry on the bill holder. This arrangement permits of the removal of the bill when paid and the re-use of the bill holder.

Another object of the invention is to provide a loose-leaf bill holder with tabs which may be turned up to be readily visible and on which may be written words of caution, such as Watch, Stop credit or other Words to indicate the customers rating or standing.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a face view of the upper part of a loose-leaf bill holder with a bill therein and one of the caution tabs turned up;

Fig. 2 a vertical sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 a. face View of the bill holder complete with slight modifications.

Referring to the various parts by numerals, 1 designates the body-of the bill holder which is preferably made of light card board or stiff paper of sufficient strength and stiffness to stand up in a card index box. A pocket 2 is formed across the upper end of the body part of the holder. This pocket extends downwardly over the body 1 a suitable distance and its lower end is open-sol that the upper part of a sheet 3 may be slipped up into it. The sheet 3 represents a carbon copy o-fa bill sent to a customer. The pocket 2 may be formed by turning down, or folding over, a part of the body 1 of the holder'to form the front wall 4 of the pocket. The vertical edges of the pocket wall 4 may be secured to the corresponding edges of the body in any suitable manner in order to complete the pocket; the lower.- edge of said wall 4 being free sothat the lower end of the pocketwill be open. In F1g. 1 the vertical edges of the wall 4 are secured by clips'5; and in Fig.3 the edges are shown as secured by lines of stitches 6, and by lines of paste or glue. The pasted or glued lines are indicated by dotted lines 7 .As shown in the drawing the wall 4 is formed by folding over the upper end of the body part 1. It will, ofv course, be'understood that the wall 4 may bemade of a separate piece secured in place on the body 1. I V In the wall 4 is formed an opening 8- properly positioned and of a suitable size to display the name of the customer whenthe copy of the bill is properly inserted in the pocket 2. 7 n V Vertical lines 9 of perforations extend from the upper margm of the opening 8 r to the upper edge of the wall 4. Theselines of perforations form caution tabs 10. B

tearing the wall 4 along the lines 9, the tabs may be turned up, as shown in Fig. 1, and V the words printed on the inner sides of them displayed. If desired the words of caution may be writtenon the tabs after they have been separated along the lines of perfora tions. are turned up they will be displayed above the upper edges of the bill holders. in a card lndex box, and the accounts requiring special treatment and-caution may be read- 1ly and quickly distinguished from the other unpaid bills.

While the caution tabs are shown as formed by lines of perforations in the wall It is manifest that when these tabs 1 4; of the pocket, it is clear that they may be otherwise formed.

In the use of the loose card bill holder de scribed herein, the carbon copy of the bill sent to a customer is inserted in the pocket 2 of a bill holder with the name of the customer visible through the opening 8. The bill holder is then placed in a box with the pocket end up. The body 1 of the holder is large enough toform a substantial backing for the copy of the bill. When the bill is paid, the holder is removed from the box of unpaid bills and the copy of the bill is removod from the holder. The bill is marked paid and laid aside for entry in a ledger, or for any other disposition desired, and the holder reserved for further use. In this manner the unpaid accounts may be readily examined withoutthe necessity of running through the paid or balanced accounts. It is unnecessary to make entries in the ledger until the account is paid and there need be no unpaid accounts in the ledger.

Whenever desired one or more of the cautiontabs may beturned up to indicate that 'an account requires special treatment.

The wall a is fiat against the face of the body 1 and eifectually holds the bill sheet in the pocket.

What I claim is:

1. A loose card bill holder comprisinga body part, and a wall across the upper part of said body part and having its upper edge and its side edges connected to the said body to form a pockethaving an open lowerend to permit the upper end of a sheet to be inserted in said pocket, the said wall being formed with an opening to permit the display of a name written on said sheet.

2. A loose card bill holder comprisinga body part, and a wall across the upper part of said body and lying flat against it and having its upper edge and its side edges socured to said body to form a flatpoc-ket having an-open lower end and adapted to receive the upper end of a. sheet, the said well being formed with an opening to permit the display of a name written on said sheet.

A loose card bill holder comprising a body part, awwall across the upperpart of said body part and having its upper edge and its side edges conneetednto said body part to form a pocket having an open lower endtopermit the upper end of a sheet to be inserted in said pocket, the said wall being formed with an opening to permit the display of a name written on said sheet, and caution tabs carried by the holder.

4. A loose card billf holder comprising a body part a wall across the upper part of said body part and having its upper edge and its side'edges connected to said body part to form pocket having an open lower end to permit the upper end of a sheet to be inserted in said pocket, the said wall being formed with an opening to permit the display of a name written on said sheet, and caution tabs carried by the holder and adapted to be turned up to display words written thereon.

5. A loose card bill holder comprising a body part, a wall across the upper partiof said body part and having its upper edge and its side edges connected to said body part to form a pocket having an open lower end to permit the upper end of a sheet to be inserted in said pocket, the said wall being formed with an opening to permit the dis' play of a name written on said sheet, and caution tabs carried by the holder and adapted to be turned up above the upper edge of the holder.

6. A loose card bill holder comprising a body part, a wall across the upperpartof said body part and forming a pocket having an open lower end to permit the upper end of a sheet to be inserted in said pocket, the said wall being formed with an opening to permit the display of a. name written on said sheet, and caution tab-s formed by lines of perforations in said wall and adapted to be turned up above the upper edge of the body part of the holder.

7. A loose card bill holder comprising a sheet of material, a pocket at the upper end of said sheet, the said pocket being formed by folding over a portion ofthe upper end of the sheet and. connecting the side edges ofthe folded-over portion to the main portion of the sheet, the said pocket being open atits lower end to permit the upper end of a document to be inserted therein and the said folded-overportion being iormed with an opening to permit the display of a name written on said document, and acaution' tab formed by lines of perforations in the folded-over portion and adapted to be turned up, the said lines of perforation extending fro the said name-display opening.v

In testimony whereof I hereunto 'aflix my signature.

PERCY M. BAOHELDER; 

